• The cast of MTV’s Jersey Shoreannounced it will host a live telethon, entitled Restore the Shore, Nov. 15 to aid the real Jersey Shore, which suffered massive damage from Hurricane Sandy. The contributions will go to Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that funds reconstruction and design projects.

• The two-hour series finale of Fox’s Fringe will air Friday, Jan. 18.

• Diablo Cody (creator of HBO’s United States of Tara and Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno) is heading back to TV. Cody sold a script, Alex + Amy, to ABC. The show will center on a 22-year-old guy and his older girlfriend.

• Sam Mendes and John Logan are teaming up for a vampire-hunter drama set in the 1800s. The show will feature horror favorites Van Helsing and Dr. Frankenstein.

• See ya, Political Animals. USA confirmed that the political miniseries starring Sigourney Weaver will not be returning for a second season.

• The CW’s Sex and the City prequel The Carrie Diaries is set to air Jan. 14.

• Burn Notice has been renewed for a seventh season. There will only be 13 episodes, which will allow the series to hit a total of 100 episodes, making it only the third USA series to accomplish this feat.

• The CW’s Nikitais returning to its old time slot of 8 p.m. on Fridays beginning Nov. 30.

• CBS’s NCIS is using NCIS: L.A. to introduce a spinoff, which is not yet titled.

• Martha Stewart is producing a lifestyle sitcom about none other than … Martha Stewart. The show will be based on the upcoming book The Tao of Martha and will share that title.

• Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein‘s Portlandia is returning for a third season Jan. 4. Can’t wait until then? IFC will air a wintertime special Dec. 14.

• The ReelzChannel’s miniseries The Kennedys could be getting a sequel.

COMINGS AND GOINGS

• Will Champion, drummer for Coldplay, will appear as a drummer on season three of HBO’s Game of Thrones.

• Jane Seymour has been cast as BJ’s (Lucy Punch) mom on Fox’s Ben and Kate. Also, David Hornsby (FX’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) will appear as a wealthy businessman who capitalized on one of Ben’s (Nat Faxon) ideas.

• In the constant quest to figure out “Will she? Won’t she?” Britney Spears casually says she will “definitely” be back as a judge next season on Fox’s The X Factor. After all, who wouldn’t say yes to that $15 million contract?

• The Talk‘s own Sharon Osbournerevealed she had a double mastectomy last summer.

• Mindy Kalingrevealed opn TBS’s Conan Tuesday that she casts hot guys for the purpose of making out with them. That’s soo Mindy.